Ripping bar



June 1954 E. FEINSTEIN 2,680,003

RIPPING BAR Filed Feb. 27, 1952 lll li'einaiez'ia INVE NTOR BY I IATTORNEYS Patented June 1, 1954 UNITED STATE ATENT OFFICE 1 Claim.

This invention relates to a prying or ripping bar, the primary object ofthe invention being to provide a bar of this character, which may bepositioned to straddle one edge of a studding, with the arms of theripping bar extending forwardly in contact with the under surface of thewall board being removed, so that by swinging the handle of the bardownwardly, the arms of the bar will pry the wall board free of thestudding without danger of splitting the wall board.

An important object of the invention is to pro- Vide a prying bar ofthis character, wherein the ends of the arms of the tool are constructedto provide claws, which are so constructed and arranged that after aboard has been loosened and the nails have been partially removed theclaws may be now used to extract the nails to obviate any danger ofsplitting or disfiguring the wall board being removed.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the

invention consists of certain novel details of construction andcombinations of parts hereinafter more fully described and pointed outin the claim, it being understood that changes may be made in theconstruction and arrangemnt of parts without departing from the spiritof the invention as claimed.

Referring to the drawing:

Figure 1 is a, perspective view of a prying bar constructed inaccordance with the invention.

Fig. 2 is a side elevational View thereof, illustrating the tool aspositioned for prying a wall board from the studding.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged elevational view with one of the arms broken awayillustrating the claw structure.

Referring to the drawing in detail, the ripping bar comprises the handle5 and the U-shaped head, indicated generally by the reference character6. The head 6 comprises the cross bar 1 and integral forwardly extendedarms 8, the arms 8 being substantially long so that they will move asubstantial distance under the wall board being removed, providing awide bearing surface between the tool and wall board, to preventsplitting of the wall board.

As shown, the arms 8 are extended at an oblique angle with respect tothe handle and the inner end of the head is curved slightly upwardly at9, so that the fulcrum provided by the cross bar 1 is elevated orslightly ofiset, with respect to the arms 8, to the end that when thearms 8 are p0- sitioned to pry a wall board from the studding, thecontact between the arms and inner surface of the wall board, which inthe present showing is indicated by the reference character A, isthroughout the lengths of the arms.

The ends of the arms 8 are flattened and split, providin claws 9, thespace between the claws 9 being equal to the space between nails used insecurin the wall boards to the studding It, so that after a wall boardhas been pried upwardly a distance to cause the nails to extend abovethe wall board, the tool may be positioned so that the claws 9 will moveunder the nails, which will be pried from the studding when the handle 5of the tool swings downwardly. Thus it will be seen that underconditions where the nails and wall board have become deteriorated, thewall board and nails may be readily removed without bending ordisfiguring the wall board, which would result when nails become soembedded in studding that the nail heads move through the board when theboard is pried from the studding.

From the foregoing it will be seen that due to the construction shownand described, I have provided a tool for prying loose wall boards orstudding, the construction of the tool being such that the long arms 8thereof engage the wall board throughout substantially the entire widththereof to insure against splitting the wall board when the lever isswung downwardly in prying the wall board loose.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is:

A prying bar of the class described, comprising a handle, a cross bar atone end of the handle providing a fulcrum, a pair of spaced prying armsextending from said cross bar and offset downward- 1y with respect tothe cross bar.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS NumberName Date 8,878 Taft Apr. 13, 1852 278,192 Stanwood May 22, 1883 326,909Kricker Sept. 22, 1885 850,968 Riley Apr. 23, 1907 1,270,970 Rich July2, 1918 1,559,976 Ness Nov. 3, 1925

